The secret of Zonite, developed by that famous surgeon and scientist Dr. Henry Dakin, was sodium hypochlorite. With each douche women of the 1930s destroyed huge amounts of bacteria (mostly good and necessary) thus ironically improving the conditions for disease rather than eliminating them.

In the 1930s, the alternative to a douche with Zonite, was one with Lysol.

Oh god, Dimitrious. But, corproations are about making money, not making people healthier or happier. Meanwhile, a glass o’ booze and a wink and I bet her husband would be ready for action in a New York minute.